Drinking and smoking plans slip as coalition strives to get tough with migrants

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Foreigners from outside Europe may have to pay an “NHS bond” before receiving a visa under plans to tighten access to British public services.

Judges will also be given the power to deport hundreds more foreign criminals a year under new immigration rules. Landlords face fines of thousands of pounds if they fail to check the immigration status of tenants.

The proposals will be included in today’s Queen’s Speech, which Tory chiefs plan to trumpet as meeting the concerns of disaffected voters who have turned to UKIP. The Queen will open a new session of Parliament by announcing a comparatively